Clearwater

CLEARWATER, pop 4,960, on the N THOMPSON R 122 km north of KAMLOOPS, is the gateway to WELLS GRAY PROVINCIAL PARK. The Simpcw people, a division of the SECWEPEMC (Shuswap) nation, have a long history in the area. The settlement was founded around the turn of the century and named Raft River. Nearby Dutch Lake was homesteaded by GERMANS at about the same time. Steamboats worked the river south to Kamloops until WWI; in 1916 the CANADIAN NORTHERN RWY was constructed through the valley. The...

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